Plagiarism, what are we allowed to use, share, modify, adapt, what do we own?
Introduction: Increasingly schools are becoming more and more aware of what it means to live, work and play online. Issues are prevalent for both teachers and students. Some of the following presentations can shed some light on the issues. These issues have also been raised by both Dorothy Burt and Russell Burt and posted in Suzie Vesper's Learning Web 2.0 wiki. The responses in this link are from one school's perspective - Point England. The following tasks invite you to share what course of action has your school taken to address some of these issues.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.1 - Place of online tools within the school. With access to a wide range of free web based tools, schools will need to consider what this means in the long term. As discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki, how is your school addressing the following issues?
Question:
Are school managements sufficiently informed as to what their staff are doing in online spaces and is there well thought out accountability internally?
Is the online work part of an intentional, well designed school or cluster development that has included the consideration of ethical education for the 21st century and the ethical responsibilities of the various members of the learning community, or are some well intentioned teachers who saw something funky at a course, conference or workshop simply winging it?
Reflection: How has your school address this so far? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.2 - Age restrictions in online tools. Teachers may have got excited by new technologies, and decided to adopt these into their classroom programmes. As discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki, are your teachers aware of sites that have age restrictions such as Blogger.com where you must be 13 years of age to use the service?
Question:
How can we manage and support the online learning of minors using educationally appropriate social networking apps, and the decision making around which apps are indeed appropriate?
Reflection: How have you dealt with this issue? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.3 - Ownership. Teachers and students create material online all the time. Are they aware of the long-term ramifications of this as discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki?
Question:
Who owns the account and materials posted online - the individual teacher, school or student?
How long are materials left online once posted? What happens when a student leaves the school? When a teacher leaves the school?
Reflection: Do you have similar stories to share? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.4 - Privacy v publicity, professional vs private. Teachers and students leave a digital footprint online. Sometimes this crosses boundaries between school, work our professional lives and into our home or private lives. What are the implications of this as discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki?
Question:
Do schools have any responsibility in relation to the way students behave in online social networking sites such as Bebo?
Should schools set any expectations on staff in relation to the way they behave in online spaces and networks?
Reflection: Is this worth exploring further? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.5 - Keeping it real. As discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki, how much of ourselves do we share online?
Question:
How do we help students understand the importance of identity and what personas are appropriate to use in online contexts?
Reflection: How can we teach our students about their digital footprint? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.6 - Anonymity online. As discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki, are there dangers in being anonymous?
Question:
When is it appropriate to be anonymous and when is it potentially harmful?
Reflection: What are your ideas about this issue? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
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Additional resources to consider:
Point England School blog - how to manage online spaces when they roll over
Accessing and sharing material online
Plagiarism, what are we allowed to use, share, modify, adapt, what do we own?Introduction: Increasingly schools are becoming more and more aware of what it means to live, work and play online. Issues are prevalent for both teachers and students. Some of the following presentations can shed some light on the issues. These issues have also been raised by both Dorothy Burt and Russell Burt and posted in Suzie Vesper's Learning Web 2.0 wiki. The responses in this link are from one school's perspective - Point England. The following tasks invite you to share what course of action has your school taken to address some of these issues.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.1 - Place of online tools within the school. With access to a wide range of free web based tools, schools will need to consider what this means in the long term. As discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki, how is your school addressing the following issues?
Question:
Are school managements sufficiently informed as to what their staff are doing in online spaces and is there well thought out accountability internally?
Is the online work part of an intentional, well designed school or cluster development that has included the consideration of ethical education for the 21st century and the ethical responsibilities of the various members of the learning community, or are some well intentioned teachers who saw something funky at a course, conference or workshop simply winging it?
Reflection: How has your school address this so far? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.2 - Age restrictions in online tools. Teachers may have got excited by new technologies, and decided to adopt these into their classroom programmes. As discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki, are your teachers aware of sites that have age restrictions such as Blogger.com where you must be 13 years of age to use the service?
Question:
How can we manage and support the online learning of minors using educationally appropriate social networking apps, and the decision making around which apps are indeed appropriate?
Reflection: How have you dealt with this issue? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.3 - Ownership. Teachers and students create material online all the time. Are they aware of the long-term ramifications of this as discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki?
Question:
Who owns the account and materials posted online - the individual teacher, school or student?
How long are materials left online once posted? What happens when a student leaves the school? When a teacher leaves the school?
Reflection: Do you have similar stories to share? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.4 - Privacy v publicity, professional vs private. Teachers and students leave a digital footprint online. Sometimes this crosses boundaries between school, work our professional lives and into our home or private lives. What are the implications of this as discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki?
Question:
Do schools have any responsibility in relation to the way students behave in online social networking sites such as Bebo?
Should schools set any expectations on staff in relation to the way they behave in online spaces and networks?
Reflection: Is this worth exploring further? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.5 - Keeping it real. As discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki, how much of ourselves do we share online?
Question:
How do we help students understand the importance of identity and what personas are appropriate to use in online contexts?
Reflection: How can we teach our students about their digital footprint? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Introduction: Ethical issue no.6 - Anonymity online. As discussed in Learning Web 2.0 wiki, are there dangers in being anonymous?
Question:
When is it appropriate to be anonymous and when is it potentially harmful?
Reflection: What are your ideas about this issue? Leave a message in the DISCUSSION tab above.
Additional resources to consider:
Point England School blog - how to manage online spaces when they roll over
https://sites.google.com/a/ptengland.school.nz/blog-rollover/home